Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, seated with open hands.
Microsoft's researchers imagine a day when people can give instructions to at-home robots using ChatGPT.
  • Microsoft is testing what happens when ChatGPT takes control of small robots.
  • Researchers at Microsoft imagine a day when people can give instructions like "heat up my lunch" to at-home robots. 
  • Though the company cautions that the tech shouldn't be deployed without "careful analysis."

Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has already set off an AI-fueled frenzy in the tech world, but now, a team of researchers at Microsoft is pushing the AI technology even further by allowing ChatGPT to break out of the confines of the computer, setting it free in the real world.